Miguel Sucasas is a young talented saxophone player, composer and music educator, born in Galicia, Spain. With his musical projects he has been travelling and performing all around Europe and abroad in such festivals as SaintJazz (Brussels, 2013), Tallin Jazzon (Estonia, 2013), Jazzdor (Berlin, 2014), JazzIberia Badajoz (Spain, 2015), Summertime Jazz Festival (Netherlands, 2015), Meer Jazz Festival and Delft Jazz Festival (Netherlands, 2016) among others.
At the age of six he started to play traditional Galician music. He started his formal studies in classical saxophone at the age of seven at the conservatory of Redondela (Galicia, Spain). He moved to Portugal in 2010 following his passion for Jazz music. In 2014 he received a degree in Jazz Saxophone from the High Music School of Lisbon. In the same year Miguel Sucasas is honored with the scholarship for young musicians from the Spanish foundation “Segundo Gil Dávila” and he moved to the Netherlands to do a Master in Jazz music. He studied with the American saxophone player John Rocco and the Dutch/Finnish trumpet player Jarmo Hoogendijk. In 2016 he received his Master degree from the “Royal Conservatory of The Hague”.
Miguel Sucasas had played and recorded with several international bands as the European Saxophone Ensemble, with who toured around Europe since 2013. He was part of the famous rocksteady-ska band of the Jamaican singer Roy Ellis aka Mr. Symarip, one of the fathers of this music style. He also recorded many works as sideman for bands of different styles as Rock, Pop, Afrobeat, Reggae, Ska, Salsa.
In 2014 Miguel released his own album entitled “Four Corners Quartet” with his original compositions. Since then he has been touring and playing as a band leader in Jazz festivals and different venues in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Netherlands, Germany and Greece.
Miguel Sucasas currently resides in The Hague, Holland, where he performs with the piano player Ryan Hanseler, bass player Pierre Dunker and drummer Owen Hart Jr.